“Never use a metal spoon in this” she said. “It can get scratched” she said. Well, after 20 years of being careful I absentmindedly used a metal spoon and I see what was meant when she would say it.
This is a picture of the result. I honestly don’t know hold old this slow cooker is (Bravetti – Model KC241B) but it’s from sometime after 2000.
Apart from potentially having items stick where the scratches are, are there any health concerns with scratches on a typical black coated slow cooker? Like PFOAs in older Teflon coated items? I’d rather not go the liner route. Perhaps it’s best to look at getting a new one?
by infiniteZebra756
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All the carafes I’ve ever owned have just been ceramic with no non-stick coating needed. They don’t really get hot enough for food to stick.
That’s not teflon. It’s ceramic. I just looked up the manual to be certain.
Edit: I just realized what you were asking.
It’s perfectly safe. It’s just superficial scratches on the glaze. There are no harmful chemicals in ceramic glaze.